PEOPLE
Court Crandall
PARTNER AND EXECUTIVE CREATIVE DIRECTOR
After starting his career in Boston, Court came to Los Angeles to join Team One Advertising as a copywriter in 1990. It was there that he created the Kelly- and Effie-award-winning work that launched the Lexus Coupe, and more importantly, it was where he met Denise, the woman who would become his wife, on his very first day of employment.
Court moved on to become creative director of Stein, Robaire & Helm in 1992, before leaving in 1995 to form Ground Zero. During his 17 years as creative partner of Ground Zero, Court created and oversaw award-winning advertising for a variety of clients, including ESPN, Beck's, Virgin, the LA Times and the anti-smoking effort for the California Department of Public Health. He also created a children's book called Hugville released by Random House, two actual children (Chase, 14 and Zane, 11), Dreamworks' “Old School” and the independent film, “A Lobster Tale”.
Amongst his accolades, Court has been named both Creative All Star and Creative Director of the Year by Adweek Magazine, and Creative Leader of the Year by the WSAAA. He's won all the major industry awards, from One Show Pencils to Cannes Gold Lions, not to mention film awards such as “Best Screenplay” at the Phoenix Film Festival and “Best Feature Film” at the Omaha Film Festival.
While Court is proud of his individual accomplishments, he's more excited about the people he's reached these milestones with, considering himself personal friends with numerous clients and employees he's worked alongside through the years. And he's way more interested in what's waiting around the next corner than what's in the rearview mirror.
Follow Court at courtcrandall.com and twitter.com/courtcrandall.
